Gods and cannabis

Cannabis and conspiracy.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual
apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus,
the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient
Greek Σείριος Seirios ("scorcher").
What the naked eye
perceives as a single star is actually a binary star system, consisting
of a white main sequence star of spectral type A1V, termed Sirius A, and a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DA2, termed Sirius B. The distance separating Sirius A from its companion varies between 8.1 and 31.5 AU.
Sirius appears bright because of both its intrinsic lumosity and its proximity to Earth.
Sirius is also known colloquially as the "Dog Star",
reflecting its prominence in its constellation, Canis Major (Big Dog).
The heliacal rising of Sirius marked the flooding of the Nile in Ancient
Egypt and the "Dog days" of summer for the Ancient Greeks, while to the
Polynesians it marked winter and was an important star for navigation
around the Pacific Ocean.

Sirius was the most important
star in the sky to the ancient Egyptians. The ancient Egyptian
calendar was based on the rising of Sirius. It is established for
certain that Sirius was sometimes identified by the ancient Egyptians
with their chief goddess Isis.
Sirius was astronomically the
foundation of the Egyptian religious system. It was the embodiment of
Isis , wife and consort of the god Osiris, who appeared in the sky as
Orion .

'The Dog Star' is a
common designation of Sirius throughout known history. The ancient god
Anubis was a 'dog god', that is, he had a man's body and a dog's head.

A
greek traveler and chronicler by the name of Herodotus visited the
cannabis loving tribe during a year long cannabis festival they hold
every fifty years. Explaining the celebration the Dogons pointed to the
brightest star in the winter sky and said it was the "Two Dog Star".
Cannabis is a greek word though its origins are african that translates
to "Two Dog" and Two Dog Star was the home of the Two Dog Plant. (Cannabis) The year long celebration was in honor of that star and the medicinal herb that was brought to them.
Canis is Latin for "dog".
Canine - dog . - latin .
Two dog - 2 stars . Sirius A and Sirius B

In
Mali, West Africa, lives a tribe of people called
the Dogon. The Dogon are believed to be of Egyptian decent
and their astronomical lore goes back thousands of years to
3200 BC. According to their traditions, the star Sirius has
a companion star which is invisible to the human
eye. This companion star has a 50 year elliptical
orbit around the visible Sirius and is extremely
heavy. It also rotates on its axis.

This legend might
be of little interest to anybody but the two French
anthropologists, Marcel Griaule and Germain
Dieterlen, who recorded it from four Dogon priests in the 1930's.
Of little interest except that it is exactly true. How did a
people who lacked any kind of astronomical devices
know so much about an invisible star? The star, which
scientists call Sirius B, wasn't even photographed
until it was done by a large telescope in 1970.

The
legend goes on to say the Nommos also furnished the
Dogon's with some interesting information about our
own solar system: That the planet Jupiter has four
major moons, that Saturn has rings and that the
planets orbit the sun. These were all facts
discovered by Westerners only after Galileo invented the telescope.

The story of the Dogon and their legend was first brought to popular attention by Robert K.G. Temple in a book published in 1977 called The Sirius Mystery. Science writer Ian Ridpath and astronomer Carl Sagan
made a reply to Temple's book, suggesting that this
modern knowledge about Sirius must have come from
Westerners who discussed astronomy with the Dogon
priests. The priests then included this new information
into the older traditions. This, in turn, mislead the
anthropologists.

This is a possibility considering
Sirius B's existence was suspected as early as 1844
and seen was through a telescope in 1862. It doesn't
seem to explain a 400-year old Dogon artifact that
apparently depicts the Sirius configuration nor the ceremonies
held by the Dogon since the 13th century to celebrate the
cycle of Sirius A and B. It also doesn't explain how
the Dogons knew about the super-density of Sirius B, a
fact only discovered a few years before the
anthropologists recorded the Dogon stories.

Sirius
A is the brightest star in our sky and can easily be
seen in the winter months in the northern hemisphere.
Look for the constellation Orion. Orion's belt are the three
bright stars in a row. Follow an imaginary line through the
three stars to Sirius which is just above the horizon.
It is bluish in color.

The Mystery of Dagon and Sirius B
By Dirk Vander Ploeg
The science

The
Sirius star is visible to the human eye . Over time many stargazers
from ancient history up to to date have watched the brightest star in
the sky , although it is 8.6 light-years away from
earth , in fact it is speculated that ancient Egyptians may even aligned
the pyramids with Sirius in mind .
But it was not until 1862 that
astronomers discovered a second Sirius star , a dwarf sun , and named
it Sirius B . The original larger star was named Sirius A .
Now
for the first time in astronomical history scientists using Hubble
Space Telescope isolated light from the white solar dwarf known as
Sirius B orbiting its huge and bright companion , Sirius A , in the
Constellation Canis Major . Since the Sirius B discovery in 1862
astronomers have been frustrated by the intense glow of Sirius A
overwhelming ther ability to observe and wight the small and dense ,
Sirius B .
This breakthrough was recently published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society .

Dagon the fish - God

The mythology

The
Dagon Tribe of West Africa believes that the starting point of creation
is a star that revolves around Sirius and is known as the " Digitaria
star " . Their understanding is that this star is small , but heavy ,
and contains the building elements of creation . ( With a mass nearly
equal to the Sun's, Sirius B is one of the more massive white dwarfs
known , Our solar system is born in from the womb of Isis. Sirius B,
which is Isis , is made of iron (radio astronomy has shown). The iron of
Sirius b, is the same as the iron in our blood and the iron of Earth
and of our solar system. Sirius is our blood. We resonate to her. She is
older than our solar system, which is a combination of interstellar
debris, including the gas clouds, our sperm of Osiris/Orion. The iron in
our blood comes from Sirius, its position in the sky, could thus be
considered to resonate to Sirius's position of influence. Iron is the
only true magnetic element. Sirius has a unique relationship to us. )

Two
French anthropologists Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen studied
the Dagon tribe that live in an isolated mountainous region of
Bandiagara , south of the Sahara Desert in Mali , West Africa .
Mr. Griaule wrote about thir discoveries of the Dgon tribe in his book , " Conversations with Ogotemmeli " , published in 1947 .

Ogotemmeli
was the tribes oral historian as was his father before him . He states
that we were created by beings that genetically engineered our DNA .
In
fact , he said that our DNA was manipulated three times and that three
different versions of humans were designed . This was due to foiled
experiments by our creators . Amphibious aliens from the Sirian star
system , that landed on earth with " great noise and wind " . These
aliens combined their DNA with the DNA of a single sexed animals - us .

( Genesis 1:27 " God created man in His own image , in the image of God He created him " )

That's
right , this isolated African tribe have an oral history that claims
Mankind was genetically seeded by a race of aliens called the Nummos and
that this race of space -aliens came from the star system that only now
, with advances in science and orbiting telescopes , can finally
confirm the beliefs of a African tribe that originally migrated from
Egypt .

So the big question is or should be , " How
can an isolated tribe , a people with no written history , have
scientific information concerning stars light years away that
astronomers are just confirming today ? "

Although ,
their places of origin seem to defer , there are amazing similarities
between the Nummo and the Annunaki who came to earth and settled Sumer .

Historian , writer Robert Temple

Robert Temple reported extraterrestrials may even have rocked the cradle of civilization in his bestseller,The Sirius Mystery.
Starting with a French anthropological study of the Dogon tribe in
Mali, Temple unraveled a bizarre tale that connected the diverse
cultures of Nubia, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece to the Sirius star
cluster.Temple
believes a certain watery planet attached to the white dwarf star,
Sirius B, is home to an alien race that once visited Earth. From the
Dogon, he learned that Sirius B orbits the much larger Sirius A, and
that there's a miniscule Sirius C nearby. The three stars are about
8,000 light years away and only Sirius A is visible with the naked eye.
How the Dogon came by their astronomical data is unclear, especially
given that Sirius C wasn't discovered by modern astronomers until the
1990s. The
Dogon and other nearby tribes believe that a planet circling Sirius B
is home to a race of intelligent but amphibious beings who visited
Earth in remote times. Curiously, some of the biggest names in world
mythology — including Enki in Babylonia, Oannes in Sumeria, Osiris and Thoth in ancient Egypt, and Viracocha in South America — are all remembered as being fish-like or fish-garbed in appearance. One
of the best-known ancient sources of the alleged alien visitation is
the Chaldean historian Berossus. In the third century B.C. he wrote a
detailed description of the Babylonian "god" Oannes compiled from his
own research of much older accounts:"The
whole body of this being was like that of a fish; and under a fish's
head another head, and also feet below, similar to those of a man,
subjoined to the fish's tail...When the sun set, it was the custom of
this Being to plunge again into the sea, and abide all night in the
deep..." --------- On
the top left, the Assyrian relief of the god Oannes makes you wonder
if the artist was just trying to replicate a description he'd read. The
actual eyewitnesses may have been unable to convey an anatomical shape
or high-tech garb that was completely foreign to their culture. As for
the basket Oannes carries, Temple thinks it was some type of
electronic gadget. -- The Atlantes figure on the right was found in
Tula, Mexico. Some researchers think the object he's holding is a
torch, or a tool used for mining gold and other precious metals. -- On
the bottom, the "Man in Serpent" sculpture at La Venta, Mexico also
features a basket. This is the earliest feathered serpent depiction of
the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl.

Cannabis

Medical properties

There
are over 200 hundred strains of cannabis all having different
medicinal properties. Research done in 1974 that was meant to connect
cannabis and cancer found the opposite and
that it slowed the growth rate of 3 different types of tumors. The DEA
shut the research at the Medical College of Virginia down. THC it was
found, inhibits the enzyme nesessary to activate the carcinogens. Since
then it has been found to kill leukemia, lymphoma,glioma
pheochromocytoma, and cancers of the breast, prostate and skin and
lung, anxiety , depression , pain .
Hemp also had a number of uses in early medicine, being used to treat gout, worms, tumours and inflammation.2700 B.C.: The first written record of cannabis use is made in the pharmacopoeia of Shen Nung, one of the fathers of Chinese medicine. 550 B.C.:
The Persian prophet Zoroaster writes the Zend-Avesta, a sacred text
which lists more than 10,000 medicinal plants. Hemp is at the top of the
list.

10) MARIJUANA USE HAS NO EFFECT ON MORTALITY: A massive study of
California HMO members funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA) found marijuana use caused no significant increase in mortality.
Tobacco use was associated with increased risk of death. Sidney, S et
al. Marijuana Use and Mortality. American Journal of Pub

lic Health. Vol. 87 No. 4, April 1997. p. 585-590. Sept. 2002.

9) HEAVY MARIJUANA USE AS A YOUNG ADULT WON’T RUIN YOUR LIFE: Veterans
Affairs scientists looked at whether heavy marijuana use as a young
adult caused long-term problems later, studying identical twins in which
one twin had been a heavy marijuana user for a year or longer but had
stopped at least one month before the study, while the second twin had
used marijuana no more than five times ever. Marijuana use had no
significant impact on physical or mental health care utilization,
health-related quality of life, or current socio-demographic
characteristics. Eisen SE et al. Does Marijuana Use Have Residual
Adverse Effects on Self-Reported Health Measures, Socio-Demographics or
Quality of Life? A Monozygotic Co-Twin Control Study in Men. Addiction.
Vol. 97 No. 9. p.1083-1086. Sept. 1997

8) THE “GATEWAY EFFECT”
MAY BE A MIRAGE: Marijuana is often called a “gateway drug” by
supporters of prohibition, who point to statistical “associations”
indicating that persons who use marijuana are more likely to eventually
try hard drugs than those who never use marijuana – implying that
marijuana use somehow causes hard drug use. But a model developed by
RAND Corp. researcher Andrew Morral demonstrates that these associations
can be explained “without requiring a gateway effect.” More likely,
this federally funded study suggests, some people simply have an
underlying propensity to try drugs, and start with what’s most readily
available. Morral AR, McCaffrey D and Paddock S. Reassessing the
Marijuana Gateway Effect. Addiction. December 2002. p. 1493-1504.

7) PROHIBITION DOESN’T WORK (PART I): The White House had the National
Research Council examine the data being gathered about drug use and the
effects of U.S. drug policies. NRC concluded, “the nation possesses
little information about the effectiveness of current drug policy,
especially of drug law enforcement.” And what data exist show “little
apparent relationship between severity of sanctions prescribed for drug
use and prevalence or frequency of use.” In other words, there is no
proof that prohibition – the cornerstone of U.S. drug policy for a
century – reduces drug use. National Research Council. Informing
America’s Policy on Illegal Drugs: What We Don’t Know Keeps Hurting Us.
National Academy Press, 2001. p. 193.

6) PROHIBITION DOESN’T
WORK (PART II): DOES PROHIBITION CAUSE THE “GATEWAY EFFECT”?): U.S. and
Dutch researchers, supported in part by NIDA, compared marijuana users
in San Francisco, where non-medical use remains illegal, to Amsterdam,
where adults may possess and purchase small amounts of marijuana from
regulated businesses. Looking at such parameters as frequency and
quantity of use and age at onset of use, they found no differences
except one: Lifetime use of hard drugs was significantly lower in
Amsterdam, with its “tolerant” marijuana policies. For example, lifetime
crack cocaine use was 4.5 times higher in San Francisco than Amsterdam.
Reinarman, C, Cohen, PDA, and Kaal, HL. The Limited Relevance of Drug
Policy: Cannabis in Amsterdam and San Francisco. American Journal of
Public Health. Vol. 94, No. 5. May 2004. p. 836-842.

5) OOPS,
MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER (PART I): Federal researchers implanted
several types of cancer, including leukemia and lung cancers, in mice,
then treated them with cannabinoids (unique, active components found in
marijuana). THC and other cannabinoids shrank tumors and increased the
mice’s lifespans. Munson, AE et al. Antineoplastic Activity of
Cannabinoids. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Sept. 1975. p.
597-602.

4) OOPS, MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER, (PART
II): In a 1994 study the government tried to suppress, federal
researchers gave mice and rats massive doses of THC, looking for cancers
or other signs of toxicity. The rodents given THC lived longer and had
fewer cancers, “in a dose-dependent manner” (i.e. the more THC they got,
the fewer tumors). NTP Technical Report On The Toxicology And
Carcinogenesis Studies Of 1-Trans- Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol,
CAS No. 1972-08-3, In F344/N Rats And B6C3F Mice, Gavage Studies. See
also, “Medical Marijuana: Unpublished Federal Study Found THC-Treated
Rats Lived Longer, Had Less Cancer,” AIDS Treatment News no. 263, Jan.
17, 1997.

3) OOPS, MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER (PART III):
Researchers at the Kaiser-Permanente HMO, funded by NIDA, followed
65,000 patients for nearly a decade, comparing cancer rates among
non-smokers, tobacco smokers, and marijuana smokers. Tobacco smokers had
massively higher rates of lung cancer and other cancers. Marijuana
smokers who didn’t also use tobacco had no increase in risk of
tobacco-related cancers or of cancer risk overall. In fact their rates
of lung and most other cancers were slightly lower than non-smokers,
though the difference did not reach statistical significance. Sidney, S.
et al. Marijuana Use and Cancer Incidence (California, United States).
Cancer Causes and Control. Vol. 8. Sept. 1997, p. 722-728.

2)
OOPS, MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER (PART IV): Donald Tashkin, a UCLA
researcher whose work is funded by NIDA, did a case-control study
comparing 1,200 patients with lung, head and neck cancers to a matched
group with no cancer. Even the heaviest marijuana smokers had no
increased risk of cancer, and had somewhat lower cancer risk than
non-smokers (tobacco smokers had a 20-fold increased lung cancer risk).
Tashkin D. Marijuana Use and Lung Cancer: Results of a Case-Control
Study. American Thoracic Society International Conference. May 23, 2006.

1) MARIJUANA DOES HAVE MEDICAL VALUE: In response to passage of
California’s medical marijuana law, the White House had the Institute of
Medicine (IOM) review the data on marijuana’s medical benefits and
risks. The IOM concluded, “Nausea, appetite loss, pain and anxiety are
all afflictions of wasting, and all can be mitigated by marijuana.”

So , why did the DEA shut it down ?
Its all about money folks . Get it ?
Cannabis is a major threat to the big pharma , their billion dollar industry .

What would you do if your 3-year old son was stricken with brain
cancer? Most parents wouldn’t think twice about bringing their child to a
mainstream doctor, only to undergo modern-day cancer ‘treatments’ such
as chemotherapy. This is what one father, Mike Hyde, from Montana did
when his 3 year old was diagnosed with brain cancer, but the father
doesn’t attribute his sons victory against cancer with the use of
chemotherapy or any other mainstream treatment; the dad actually says marijuana oil is what made the young boy beat cancer. While the story isn’t recent, it is one that everyone should hear about.

Marijuana Oil Helps 3-Year-Old Son Beat Cancer

In May of 2010, radiologists at Community Medical Center in Missoula,
Mont., discovered a stage 4 brain tumor in a 20-month-old boy named
Cash. Shortly after the tumor was discovered, the toddler was brought to
Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was
placed in intensive care. It was recommended that Cash receive three
cycles of chemotherapy, only to be followed by another 3 cycles of
high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell rescue. The boy would also receive
‘max amounts’ of anti-nausea pharmaceutical medications.

“After his first round of high-dose chemo in August 2010,
he no longer ate anything, and this went on through September. He was
getting worse and worse…By the end of September he was so sick. He no
longer was able to take feedings into his G-tube. His stomach lining was
burnt from the chemotherapy, it was no longer processing anything – it
was fried. I asked doctors if there was anything else we can give him
and they said ‘We’re giving him max amounts of all anti-nausea
medications we can give him.’ They basically told me that this was as
good as it was going to get. I told them that it was unacceptable,” Hyde
said.

The results of the chemotherapy were less than effective, as with
most chemotherapy treatments, and the anti-nausea drug cocktail was
causing numerous side-effects. These results caused Hyde to pull his son
off of the medication, and begin secretly administering .3 milligrams
of marijuana oil through his sons’s G-tube. Hyde says that once he began
with the marijuana oil, his son started eating again and his quality of
life completely changed for the better. The father was told that it was
a miracle that his son began sitting up and laughing again.

“Doctors told us he was not going to make it. He was on
life support for 40 days and was in a medically-induced coma. They said
he would have brain damage and his lungs would fail. But I knew the
medicine (marijuana oil) was in his body, and that helped him heal. It
helped to rebuild his stomach lining, his liver and his lungs. He walked
out of the ICU in mid-December. The nurses and doctors called him a
‘Christmas miracle’,” says Hyde

Was this one of the few cases where chemo ended up working? Perhaps,
but the this mainstream treatment nearly killed the young boy in the
process.

“It brought him to the edge of life, and if I wouldn’t
have stepped in when I did, he wouldn’t be here right now,” Hyde
explained. “The marijuana oil was the best pain drug available for
Cashy, as well as a neuro-protectant, antioxidant and antibacterial. I
know it saves Cash’s life.”

Cannabinoid receptors give cells the tools they need to defend against HIV infection.

Researchers have reported that when healthy cells were placed in a sample dish with a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) , along with a dose of cannabinoids , the cells , which normally would , rather quickly become infected , simply denied entry to the virus , and responded as if it were not a threat at all .

Not a replacement for an immune system, but an extra set of hands keeping the wall up.

The
cannabinoids themselves don't act anti-virally. They are not
responsible for killing the virus, the tissue sample takes that claim.
The cannabinoids stimulate a part of the cells that bears an endogenous
resemblance to the chemical structure of the cannabinioids themselves.
Pairing between naturally occurring substances and receptors in the
human brain works the same way as the formation of anti-bodies does;
contact evokes adaptation in the receptors, causing them to bear an
imprint of the experience. It is unknown if these receptors exist in
cells because of the inclusion of the cannabis plant in the diets and
pharmacopoeia of earlier human ancestors. In any case, receptors that
are designed to respond to cannabinoids are found in the cell structure
of every human. When the receptors were stimulated in the tissue
culture, in rate of infection by the HIV virus was greatly impeded.

HIV isn't special - cannabinoids don't like any viruses

The
stimulation of the receptors wasn't just detrimental to the AIDS virus,
it increased the cells abilities to defend itself against any number of
viruses and bacteria. This has a great amount of potential for
individuals experiencing the more advanced stages of HIV
infection. Because the virus causes the immune system to progressively
fail, the greatest threat to HIV patients is the seemingly innocuous
common viruses like the common cold. Typical antibiotic treatments can
come at a great cost to these already weakened patients, often consuming
the last of their energy and making them bedridden. The use of cannabinoids
might be able to provide these patients with much needed assistance
with defending themselves against viral attack, without draining them of
all other reserves.

Cannabinoid Receptors In The Human Body

Conducting Scientific Research on Cannabinoids

Interviews with Dr. Robert Melamede Ph.D. (starting Nov.
2001)

The Cannabinoid System has been around for over 600
million years. Before the Dinosaurs. The Cannabinoid System
is continuously evolutioning and has been retained by all
new species. Food and feeding is at the heart of the
Cannabinoid System.

1. Cannabinoids are in every living animal on the planet
above Hydra and Mollusks, with the exception of insects.
Bodies are homeostatically maintained by the Cannabinoid
System.
2. Mothers give their babies a booster shot of
cannabinoids in mothers milk to give them the munchies
because they have to learn to eat. (they've been fed thru
the umbilical cord and did not have to know how to eat.)
3. Mice lacking the CB1 receptors don't like any changes.
If they are moved to another part of the cage they act upset
and when they are put back to the original spot in the cage
they relax, but if then put into another part of the cage
they get upset again. Comment: I wonder if people,
especially drug warriors, had their CB1 receptors blocked
then they would resist change and the ones of us that have
unblocked CB1 receptors enjoy the benefits of cannabinoids
are a lot more relaxed and not paranoid about or over
change. Interesting thought. It turns out that that thought
is absolutely correct. Many people' brains are not capable
of a good connection to the CB1 CB2 receptors.
4. All new species utilize cannabinoids.
5. By being alive and breathing air our bodies produce
"free radicals". Cannabinoids help to reverse this
action.
6. Cannabinoids do kill brain cells, but the brain cells
they kill are called "Glieoma" or Cancer of the
brain(Tumor). All other brain cells are protected and healed
by cannabinoids. (Glieoma cells cannot tolerate the action
of cannabinoids)
7. Cannabinoids protect against sunburn and skin cancer
because of the CB1 receptors in our skin.
8. Cannabinoids slow down the aging process. Mice that
their brains respond to cannabinoids live longer and mice
that have brains that block the CB1 receptors die
younger.
9. Activity in the evolutionary advanced areas of the
brain is increased in cannabinoids receptors and promotes
higher consciousness levels.
10. Cannabinoids are even found in the white blood cells
(CB2 receptors). The CB2 receptors are found predominantly
on immunological cells and regulate the shift in the immune
system to the anti-inflammatory mode.
11. Cannabinoids protect the heart against Arythmia.
12. The way it works on pain is there is specific nerves
that deal with pain. They are called vanilloid-Receptors.
Anandamide(sanscript word for "Blissful Amide"), the bodies
internally produced marijuana binds with the nerve endings,
reducing pain. Anandamides are produced internally by our
bodies in response to a whole variety of conditions. As an
example, Aspirin prevents the breakdown of Anandamide, the
internally produced marijuana to activate & start
working at easing pain. How many old lady's say they "WOULD
NEVER" use marijuana & are actually using the equivalent
of marijuana that their bodies produce as a natural
activity, & don't even realize it. And how many
politicians and citizens of the US do this also & aren't
even aware they are condemning something that their bodies
make naturally. Anecdotal evidence is valid because when a
person smokes marijuana & it relieves their pain, then
they smoke it again & it relieves their pain again it
becomes a fact known only to that person, but nonetheless
true.
13. In the case of most autoimmune diseases, the bodies
immune cells produces free radicals & is destroying it's
own body as a foreign object. Cannabis pushes the immune
system into anti inflammatory mode & helps slow the
progression of that disease, thereby slowing down the aging
process.
14. Seizures are controlled by marijuana not only THC,
but non-psychoactive cannabidiol.(CBD) The exact mechanism
is not known, however HEMP is high in CBD's & can cancel
out the psychoactive high of THC & at the same time
benefits the user or smoker. Cannabinoids control everything
in our bodies including our minds.
15. There are many other things that Cannabinoids do in
the body, besides attaching to the CB1 and CB2 receptors,
the main cannabinoid receptors in the higher part of our
brain. Cannabinoids affect our skin and other parts of our
bodies.
16. Pharmaceutical companies are working at sythesizing
different cannabinoid components and different types of
strains of marijuana. If they can succeed, then there will
be more choices for you and I to choose from and we will be
able to use what works best for our particular bodies.
17. The natural course for mankind, because of the
location of our CB1 CB2 the brains main receptors, is to be
more stoned.
18. Drug warriors are not doing what they are doing to us
because they are intentionally evil, but because they are
more primitive(obtuse comes to mind). They look at the world
with fear and hostility not cooperativity and
understanding.
19. According to a brain function study of 150 depressed
people Cannabis protects the brain against healthy cell
death and it also protects Neurons.
20. Cannabinoids dilate our brochial tubes and help
asthsma sufferers to breath both in and out. Because of the
balance that is maintained in our bodies for good health
there are instances where it works backwards, where death is
possible, if too much is smoked. This goes back to the
effects of cannabinoids on individuals and if it doesn't
work for you, you should not use it. There was some old
studies that were done back in 1977 where "AEROSOLIZED THC"
was used on patients. This is not what the government tells
us when they say it's not medicine, but we are all familiar
with the 7 government patients that are supplied marijuana
to be used as medicine and we know the government is
lying.
21. Natural pain eradication by cannabinol used by our
receptors.
22. Cannabinoids control how we view the future. If
you're loaded with bad experiences you're going to be
fearful of the future. Lots of smoking of cannabinoids makes
you want to be in the future. Lack of change vs embracing
the future and changes. Conservative people might die
prematurely, stressed, uptight and fearful (genocide). Open
minded people and mice are able to change, whereas; people
with defective receptors and knock-out mice (mice that have
had their receptors removed) will keep going to the platform
after it has been removed. They will be fearful of
change.
23. Cannabinoids prevent and treat certain types of
Cancer. Glieoma (Brain Cancer) along with pheochromocytoma,
skin cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, Lymphoma and
Leukemia. Cannabinoids may prevent or cure cancer.
Cannabinoids have a way of killing the bad cells and
protecting the good ones.
24. Cannabis gives relief to Liver Disease & constant
uncontrollable itching. Also, lack of sleep and depression
and has been doing so for 600 million years.
25. THC in low doses relieves anxiety, while huge doses
promote anxiety. (It's too strong like Marinol) Smoking
marijuana relieves anxiety. Marijuana promotes sleeping
better and normal persons when they are deprived of
marijuana would have difficulty sleeping. (One other thing
I'd like to add: When ingested, delta 9 THC, on the first
pass thru the liver, changes into delta 11 THC. Five times
as psychoactive and much longer lasting. I don't know how
many people understand that. Ralph)
26. Cannabis protects nerve cells from dying thus
protects against Altzheimers Disease.
27. Our bodies make up marijuana like compounds to make
us hungry. (gives us the munchies) Then turn off those
compounds & we don't have the munchies anymore when it
has had enough food. The cannabinoid system first appeared
600 million years ago. Food & feeding is at the heart of
evolution & the development of new species.
28. Head injuries cause the body to produce
Endo-cannabinoids to protect itself as well as protecting
the body against Nerve Gas. Marijuana turns on the bodies
Protective Mode, because when you're hungry the body makes
Cannabinoids to turn on your hunger. Cannabinoids turn on
the expression of a Particular Gene (at the same time it
prevents the expression of other Genes). How the Marijuana
Receptors change the Integral Bio-Chemistry. Some of the
Molecules that are involved or been studied in a Model
Organism. There is a worm that people study alot. They have
very simple Nervous Systems so you can define what exactly
is going on. It turns out this one Particular Molecule
regulates what is known as a Transcription Factor (It turns
on the Expression of Genes.) It turns out that when you turn
on the Expression of this Particular Gene of the Worm Model
it actually promotes Mimicking a condition that actually
Promotes Longevity of these worms. This Parallels what we've
seen in mice. Because Marijuana exhibits Free Radicals so
people who've been using Cannabis, Long Term, tend to Live
Longer & Look Younger. Marijuana Promotes your Health by
affecting your Nerve Cells, by Balancing your Immune System,
by Reducing Fat Deposition in your Cardio-Vascular System.
It looks as if it helps Burn the Synthesis of things like
Cholesterol.
29. New research shows that the argument over outlawing
cannabis because it "Causes Cancer" is no longer valid.
There are Nicotine Receptors in your throat. There are no
Cannabinoid Receptors in your throat. Cells have a
Bio-chemical Program known as "APOPTOSIS". This Bio-chemical
Program is activated when cells too damaged to repair
themselves commit suicide. There is a Bio-chemical Pathway
that controls that. Nicotine activates a path that protects
the cells from dying. Smoking anything puts Carcinogens into
your Air Passage-ways and Cardio-Vascular system. Cells that
get damaged by smoke die and that's what you want to happen.
Cells to die before they become Cancer Cells.

Hemp (from Old English - hoenep) is the name of the soft, durable fibre that is cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus, cultivated for commercial use. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS , construction, health food, fuel, and medical purposes with modest commercial success. Since 2007, commercial success of hemp food products has grown considerably.
Hemp is one of the FASTER GROWING biomases known, producing up to 25 tonnes of dry matter per hectare per year,.
A normal average yield in large scale modern agriculture is about
2.5-3.5 t/ac (air dry stem yields of dry, retted stalks per acre at 12%
moisture). Approximately one tonne of bast fiber and 2-3 tonnes of core
material can be decorticated from 3-4 tonnes of good quality, dry
retted straw.
For a crop, hemp is very environmentally friendly
(with the exception of chemical fertilizers used in industrial
agriculture) as it requires few pesticides and no herbicides.
Modern research data on soil fertility is limited. Currently, results
indicate that high yield of hemp may require total nutrient levels
(field plus fertilizer nutrients) similar to a high yielding wheat crop.
Hemp is one of the earliest domesticated plants known.Cannabis sativa L. subsp. sativa var. sativa is the variety grown for industrial use, while C. sativa subsp. indica
generally has poor fibre quality and is primarily used for production
of recreational and medicinal drugs. The major difference between the
two types of plants is the appearance and the amount of Δ9-
(THC) secreted in a resinous mixture by epidermal hairs called glandular
trichomes , although they can also be distinguished genetically.
Oilseed and fibre varieties of Cannabis approved for industrial
hemp production produce only minute amounts of this psychoactive drug,
not enough for any physical or psychological effects. Typically, hemp
contains below 0.3% THC, while cultivars of Cannabis grown for marijuana can contain anywhere from 6 to over 20%.
The
world leading producer of hemp is China with smaller production in
Europe, Chile and the S Korea While more hemp is exported to the United
States than to any other country, the United States Government does not
consistently distinguish between marijuana and the non-psychoactive Cannabis used for industrial and commercial purposes.

United States Government does not consistently distinguish between hemp and marijuana ?

Did you know, it is estimated that hemp has approximately 25,000 uses? From food, paint and fuel to clothing and construction materials, hemp is used. There are even hemp fibres in your Red Rose® and Lipton® tea bags. And several cars made today contain hemp.

The
oldest relic of human industry is a piece of hemp fabric (canvas)
found in ancient Mesopotamia dating back to approximately 8000 B.C.
The oldest surviving piece of paper was made over 2000 years ago
in China and was also made from hemp fibre. In 2500 B.C. the
pharaohs used hemp in the construction of the great pyramids.

Hemp
was so important in England in the 16th century that King Henry
VIII passed a law in 1553 which fined farmers who failed to grow at
least one quarter acre of hemp for every 60 acres of arable land
they owned. There was even a time in history for over 200 years
when you could pay your taxes in America with hemp. In 1850 there
were more than 8,300 hemp farms in the United States.

Every
3.6 seconds someone in the world dies of hunger. Hemp seeds are
the most nutritious and economical solution to end world hunger. With
an 80 percent concentration of "good fats" our bodies need for good
health maintenance and protein with all eight amino acids plus
optimum dietary fibre, hemp truly is a "perfect balance" food
source.

Nature has provided the essential
nutrients for restoring and maintaining optimal health in a
power-packed seed that is gluten, cholesterol and sugar free.
Pure, natural, raw shelled hemp seed - the best single food
source of protein, essential fats, vitamins and enzymes on
the planet.

In
the 1930s Henry Ford produced an automobile composed of 70
percent hemp plastic which also ran on hemp based fuel and oil.
In 2001 the "Hempcar" circled the North American continent powered by
hemp oil.

The paintings of Rembrandt (1606-
1669), Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) and Thomas Gainsborough
(1727- 1788) were painted primarily on hemp canvas, often with
hemp oil based paint. Over 50 percent of all chemical pesticides
sprayed are used in the cultivation of cotton. Hemp is eight
times stronger than cotton and more air-permeable. Hemp can grow
vigorously (up to 16 feet) in 100 days without the use of harmful
pesticides and herbicides... healthier for your skin and the
environment.

One acre of hemp can produce as
much raw fibre as 4.1 acres of trees. Pulping hemp for paper
would produce a strong paper that lasts incredibly long and
doesn't yellow with age. Also, using hemp as a raw source for
paper would eliminate the need to cut down our dwindling old-growth
forests which contribute to climate control and clean the air we
breathe.

Hemp helps detoxify and regenerate the soilHemp plants can even pull radioactive - nuclear toxins out of the soil . In fact , hemp was planted near and around Chernobyl nuclear disaster site to pull radioactive elements from the ground .

.The process
is called phyto-remediation, which means using plants (phyto) to clean
up polluted sites. Phyto-remediation can be used to remove nuclear
elements, and to clean up metals, pesticides, solvents, crude oil, and
other toxins from landfills. Hemp breaks down pollutants and stabilizes
metal contaminants by acting as a filter. Hemp is proving to be one of
the best phyto-remediative plants found.

The minimum benefit of a hemp crop is in its
use as a rotation crop. Since hemp stabilizes and enriches the soil
farmers grow crops on, and provides them with weed-free fields, without
cost of herbicides, it has value even if no part of the plant is being
harvested and used. Any industry or monetary benefit beyond this value
is a bonus. Rotating hemp with soy reduces cyst nematodes, a
soy-decimating soil parasite, without any chemical input. Hemp could be
grown as a rotation crop and not compete with any other food crops for
the most productive farmland. Marginal lands make fine soil for hemp, or
hemp can be grown in between growing seasons.

"MARIJUANA is DANGEROUS". Pot is NOT harmful to the human body or mind. Marijuana
does NOT pose a threat to the general public. Marijuana is very much a
danger to the oil companies, alcohol, tobacco industries and a large
number of chemical corporations. Various big businesses, with plenty of
dollars and influence, have suppressed the truth from the people.
The
truth is if marijuana was utilized for its vast array of commercial
products, it would create an industrial atomic bomb! Entrepreneurs have
not been educated on the product potential of pot. The super rich have
conspired to spread misinformation about an extremely versatile plant
that, if used properly, would ruin their companies.

Where
did the word 'marijuana' come from? In the mid 1930s, the M-word was
created to tarnish the good image and phenomenal history of the hemp
plant...as you will read. The facts cited here, with references, are
generally verifiable in the Encyclopedia Britannica which was printed
on hemp paper for 150 years:

* All schoolbooks were made from hemp or flax paper until the 1880s; Hemp Paper Reconsidered, Jack Frazier, 1974.

* It was LEGAL TO PAY TAXES WITH HEMP in America from 1631 until the early 1800s; LA Times, Aug. 12, 1981.

*
REFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries WAS
AGAINST THE LAW! You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow
hemp from 1763 to 1769; Hemp in Colonial Virginia, G. M. Herdon.

*
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers GREW
HEMP; Washington and Jefferson Diaries. Jefferson smuggled hemp seeds
from China to France then to America.

* Benjamin
Franklin owned one of the first paper mills in America and it processed
hemp. Also, the War of 1812 was fought over hemp. Napoleon wanted to
cut off Moscow's export to England; Emperor Wears No Clothes, Jack
Herer.

* For thousands of years, 90% of all ships'
sails and rope were made from hemp. The word 'canvas' is Dutch for
cannabis; Webster's New World Dictionary.

* 80% of all
textiles, fabrics, clothes, linen, drapes, bed sheets, etc. were made
from hemp until the 1820s with the introduction of the cotton gin.

*
The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross's flag, the first drafts of
the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were made from
hemp; U.S. Government Archives.

* The first crop
grown in many states was hemp. 1850 was a peak year for Kentucky
producing 40,000 tons. Hemp was the largest cash crop until the 20th
Century; State Archives.

* Oldest known records of
hemp farming go back 5000 years in China, although hemp
industrialization probably goes back to ancient Egypt.

* Rembrants, Gainsboroughs, Van Goghs as well as most early canvas paintings were principally painted on hemp linen.

*
In 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940s all paper
would come from hemp and that no more trees need to be cut down.
Government studies report that 1 acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of
trees. Plans were in the works to implement such programs; Department
of Agriculture
* Quality paints and varnishes were made from hemp
seed oil until 1937. 58,000 tons of hemp seeds were used in America
for paint products in 1935; Sherman Williams Paint Co. testimony before
Congress against the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.

* Henry
Ford's first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the CAR
ITSELF WAS CONTRUCTED FROM HEMP! On his large estate, Ford was
photographed among his hemp fields. The car, 'grown from the soil,' had
hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than
steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941.

* Hemp called 'Billion
Dollar Crop.' It was the first time a cash crop had a business
potential to exceed a billion dollars; Popular Mechanics, Feb., 1938.

*
Mechanical Engineering Magazine (Feb. 1938) published an article
entitled 'The Most Profitable and Desirable Crop that Can be Grown.' It
stated that if hemp was cultivated using 20th Century technology, it
would be the single largest agricultural crop in the U.S. and the rest
of the world.

The following information comes directly
from the United States Department of Agriculture's 1942 14-minute film
encouraging and instructing 'patriotic American farmers' to grow
350,000 acres of hemp each year for the war effort:

'...(When)
Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service of
mankind. For thousands of years, even then, this plant had been grown
for cordage and cloth in China and elsewhere in the East. For centuries
prior to about 1850, all the ships that sailed the western seas were
rigged with hempen rope and sails. For the sailor, no less than the
hangman, hemp was indispensable...

...Now
with Philippine and East Indian sources of hemp in the hands of the
Japanese...American hemp must meet the needs of our Army and Navy as
well as of our industries...

...the Navy's rapidly
dwindling reserves. When that is gone, American hemp will go on duty
again; hemp for mooring ships; hemp for tow lines; hemp for tackle and
gear; hemp for countless naval uses both on ship and shore. Just as in
the days when Old Ironsides sailed the seas victorious with her hempen
shrouds and hempen sails. Hemp for victory!'

Hemp
cultivation and production do not harm the environment. The USDA
Bulletin #404 concluded that hemp produces 4 times as much pulp with at
least 4 to 7 times less pollution. From Popular Mechanics, Feb. 1938:

'It
has a short growing season...It can be grown in any state...The long
roots penetrate and break the soil to leave it in perfect condition for
the next year's crop. The dense shock of leaves, 8 to 12 feet above
the ground, chokes out weeds.
...hemp, this new crop can add immeasurably to American agriculture and industry.'

In
the 1930s, innovations in farm machinery would have caused an
industrial revolution when applied to hemp. This single resource could
have created millions of new jobs generating thousands of quality
products. Hemp, if not made illegal, would have brought America out of
the Great Depression.

Henry Ford and the hemp fueled and fabricated car he “grew from the soil” are shown in this photo with the original caption as appeared in Popular Mechanics in December 1941.

In other words Cannabis ( literally ) could save the world .

For possession of a PLANT they putt millions of people in prison .
A war on a PLANT ? This is a madness !
So why did they went apeshit about cannabis ?

Why ?
Here is why :

THE CONSPIRACY

How deep the rabbit hole goes ?

Andrew Mellon became Hoover's Secretary of the Treasury and Dupont's
primary investor. He appointed his future nephew-in-law, Harry J.
Anslinger, to head the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.

Secret meetings were held by these financial
tycoons. Hemp was declared dangerous and a threat to their billion
dollar enterprises. For their dynasties to remain intact, hemp had to
go. These men took an obscure Mexican slang word: 'marihuana' and
pushed it into the consciousness of America.

William
Randolph Hearst (Citizen Kane) and the Hearst Paper Manufacturing
Division of Kimberly Clark owned vast acreage of timberlands. The Hearst
Company supplied most paper products. Patty Hearst's grandfather, a
destroyer of nature for his own personal profit, stood to lose billions
because of hemp.
In 1937, Dupont patented the processes to make
plastics from oil and coal. Dupont's Annual Report urged stockholders
to invest in its new petrochemical division. Synthetics such as
plastics, cellophane, celluloid, methanol, nylon, rayon, Dacron, etc.,
could now be made from oil. Natural hemp industrialization would have
ruined over 80% of Dupont's business.

Marijuana Tax
Act, which passed in 1937, coincidentally occurred just as the
decoricator machine was invented. With this invention, hemp would have
been able to take over competing industries almost instantaneously.
According to Popular Mechanics, "10,000 acres devoted to hemp will
produce as much paper as 40,000 acres of average [forest] pulp land."
William Hearst owned enormous timber acreage, land best suited for
conventional pulp, so his interest in preventing the growth of hemp can
be easily explained. Competition from hemp would have easily driven
the Hearst paper-manufacturing company out of business and
significantly lowered the value of his land. Herer even suggests
popularizing the term "marijuana" was a strategy Hearst used in order
to create fear in the American public. "The first step in creating
hysteria was to introduce the element of fear of the unknown by using a
word that no one had ever heard of before... 'marijuana'" (ibid).

DuPont, William Randolph Hearst, and hempThe
decision of the United States Congress to pass the marijuana tax act of
1934 was based on hearings reports. In 1936 the Federal Bureau of
Narcotics (FBN) noticed an increase of reports of people smoking
marijuana, which further increased in 1937. The Bureau drafted a
legislative plan for Congress, seeking a new law and the head of the
FBN, Harry Jacob Anslinger , ran a campaign against marijuana. A part of the testimony derived from articles in newspapers owned by , William Randolph Hearst who had significant financial interests in the timber industry , which manufactured his newsprint paper.
Cannabis activist Jack Herer has researched DuPont and in his 1985 book The Emperor Wears No Clothes,
Herer concluded DuPont played a large role in the criminalization of
marijuana cannabis. In 1938, DuPont patended the processes for creating
plastics from coal and oil and a new process for creating paper from
wood pulp. If hemp had been largely exploited, Herer believes it would
have likely been used to make paper and plastic (nylon), and may have
hurt DuPont's profits. Andrew Mellon of the Mellon Bank was DuPont's
chief financial backer and was also the Secretary of the treasury under
the Hoover administration .Mellon appointed Harry Jacob Anslinger , who later became his nephew-in-law, as the head of the Bureu Of Narcotics And Dengerous Drugs (FBNDD) and the Federal Bureu Of Narcotics (FBN), where Anslinger stayed until 1962.

1910: “Marihuana is the most frightening and vicious drug ever to hit New Orleans.” —New Orleans Public Safety Commission
1920s: “Makes darkies think they’re as good as white men.” —H.J. Anslinger, Bureau of Narcotics
1930: “Marihuana is responsible for the raping of white women by crazednegroes.” —Hearst Newspapers Nationwide
1932: “Hasheesh goads users to blood lust.” —Hearst Newspapers
1935: “Marihuana influenced negroes to look at white people in the eye, step on white men’s shadows, and look at a white woman twice.” —Hearst Newspapers
1937: “Marihuana is the most violent drug in the history of mankind.” —Congressional Testimony, H.J. Anslinger, FBN
1938: “Marihuana is more dangerous than heroin or cocaine.” —Anslinger, Scientific American, May, 1938
1938:
“If the hideous monster of Frankenstein came face to face with
marihuana, he would drop dead of fright.” —Anslinger, FBN, quoted in
Hearst newspaper
1937-50: “Negro
entertainers with their jazz and swing music are declared an
outgrowth of marihuana use which possesses white women to tap their
feet.” —statements to Congress by Anslinger, FBN
1945: “More harmful than habit-forming opium, inducing fits of temporary insanity.” —Newsweek, 1-15-45
1946: “Marihuana is an important cause of crime.” —Bureau of Narcotics, Newsweek, 11-18-46
1948: “Marihuana leads to pacifism and Communist brainwashing.” —Anslinger, before Congress
1973: “Marijuana increases breast size in males.”
1974: “Permanent brain damage is one of the inevitable results of the use of marijuana.” —Ronald Reagan, LA Times
1974: “interferes with reproduction, disease resistance, and basic biological processes.” —Daily Oklahoman, 11-19-74
1980: “Marijuana leads to harder drugs.” —Reagan Administration
1985: “Marijuana use makes you sterile.” —Reagan Administration
1980s: “Marijuana leads to heroin; marijuana causes brain damage.” —the 17-week D.A.R.E. Program
1986: “Marijuana leads to homosexuality , the breakdown of the immune system, and therefore to AIDS.” —Carlton Turner
1990: “Marijuana makes you lazy.” —Partnership for a Drug-Free America
1992: “Marijuana is ten times more dangerous than 20 years ago.” —Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton

Pot is NOT harmful to the human body or mind.
Marijuana does NOT pose a threat to the general public.
Marijuana is very much a danger to the oil companies,
alcohol, tobacco industries and a large number of chemical
corporations. Various big businesses, with plenty of
dollars and influence, have suppressed the truth from the
people.

The reasoning behind DuPont, Anslinger, and
Hearst was not for any moral or health related issues. They fought to
prevent the growth of this new industry so they wouldn't go bankrupt.
In fact, the American Medical Association tried to argue for the
medical benefits of hemp. Marijuana is actually less dangerous than
alcohol, cigarettes, and even most over-the-counter medicines or
prescriptions. According to Francis J. Young, the DEA's administrative
judge, "nearly all medicines have toxicm, potentially letal affects,
but marijuana is not such a substance...Marijuana, in its natural form,
is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man.
By any measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within
a supervised routine of medical care" (DEA Docket No. 86-22, 57). It
is illogical then, for marijuana to be illegal in the United States
when "alcohol poisoning is a significant cause of death in this
country" and "approximately 400,000 premature deaths are attributed to
cigarettes annually." Dr. Roger Pertwee, SEcretary of the
International Cannabis Research Society states that as a recreational
drug, "Marijuana compares favourably to nicotine, alcohol, and even
caffeine." Under extreme amounts of alcohol a person will experience
an "inability to stand or walk without help, stupor and near
unconsciousness, lack of comprehension of what is seen or heard, shock,
and breathing and heartbeat may stop." Even though these effects
occur only under insane amounts of alcohol consumption, (.2-.5 BAL) the
fact is smoking extreme amounts of marijuana will do nothing more than
put you to sleep, whereas drinking excessive amounts of alcohol will
kill you.

The most profound activist for marijuana's
use as a medicine is Dr. Lester Grinspoon, author of Marihuana: The
Forbidden Medicine. According to Grinspoon, "The only well-confirmed
negative effect of marijuana is caused by the smoke, which contains
three times more tars and five times more carbon monoxide than tobacco.
But even the heaviest marijuana smokers rarely use as much as an
average tobacco smoker. And, of course, many prefer to eat it." His
book includes personal accounts of how prescribed marijuana alleviated
epilepsy, weight loss of aids, nausea of chemotherapy, menstrual pains,
and the severe effects of multiple sclerosis. The illness with the
most documentation and harmony among doctors which marijuana has
successfully treated is MS. Grinspoon believes for MS sufferers,
"Cannabis is the drug of necessity." One patient of his, 51 year old
Elizabeth MacRory, says "It has completely changed my life...It has
helped with muscle spasms, allowed me to sleep properly, and helped
control my bladder." Marijuana also proved to be effective in the
treatment of glaucoma because its use lwoers pressure on the eye.

The
recreational use of marijuana would not stimulate crime like some
would argue. The crime rate in Amsterdam is lower than many major U.S.
cities. Mario Lap, a key drug policy advisor in the Netherlands
national government says "We've had a realistic drug policy for 30 years
in the Netherlands, and we know what works. We distinguish between
soft and hard drugs, between traffickers and users. We try not to make
people into criminals" (Houston Chronicle). In 1989 the LAncet
report states "The Dutch have shown that there is nothing inevitable
about the drugs ladder in which soft drugs lead to heard drugs. The
ladder does not exist in Holland because the dealers have been
separated."

We can expect strong opposition from
companies like DuPont and paper manufacturerss but the selfishness of
these corporations should not prevent its use in our society like it
did in the 1930's. Regardless of what these organizations will say
about marijuana, the fact is it has the potential to become one of the
most useful substances in the entire world. If we took action and our
government legalized it today, we would immediately see benefits from
this decision. People suffering from illnesses ranging from manic
depression to multiple sclerosis would be able to experience relief,
the government could make a fortune off of the taxes it could impose on
its sale, and its implementation into the industrial world would
create thousands of new jobs for the economy. Also, because of its
role in paper making, the rain forests of South America could be saved
from their current fate. No recorded deaths have ever occurred as a
result of marijuana use, it is not physically addictive like alcohol or
tobacco, and most doctors will agree it is safer to use.

Religion

Unknown author: -

Jesus used Marijuana

As
doubtful as the following hypothesis might first seem to the reader, I
might as well boldly state my case right from the start: either Jesus
used marijuana or he was not the Christ. The very word "Christ", by the
implication of its linguistic origins and true meaning, gives us the
most profound evidence that Jesus did in fact use the same herb as his
ancient semitic ancestors, and which is still used by people around the
world for its enlightening and healing properties.

The
Greek title "Christ" is the translation of the Hebrew word Messiah,
which in English becomes "The Anointed" D. The Messiah was recognized
as such by his being anointed with the holy anointing oil, the use of
which was restricted to the instillation of Hebrew priests and kings
(See CC#5). If Jesus was not initiated in this fashion then he was not
the Christ, and had no official claim to the title.

The
ancient recipe for this anointing oil, recorded in the Old Testament
book of Exodus (30: 22-23) included over nine pounds of flowering
cannabis tops, Hebrew "kaneh-bosm" B, extracted into a hind (about 6.5
litres) of olive oil, along with a variety of other herbs and spices.
The ancient chosen ones were literally drenched in this potent cannabis
holy oil

From the time of Moses until that of the
later prophet Samuel, the holy anointing oil was used by the shamanic
Levite priesthood to receive the "revelations of the Lord". At the dawn
of the age of Kings, Samuel extended the use of the anointing oil to
the Hebraic monarchs by anointing Saul (and later David) as
"Messiah-king". These kings lead their people with the benefit of
insights achieved through using the holy anointing oil to become
"possessed with the spirit of the Lord."

"Anointing
was common among kings of Israel. It was the sign and symbol of
royalty. The word 'Messiah' signifies the 'Anointed One', and none of
the kings of Israel were styled the Messiah unless anointed."1 The
title was clearly only given to those "having the crown of God's
unction upon them" (Leviticus 21:12).